Archive for July, 2008

eBay Launch Online Advertising Division

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

eBay, is launching an international advertising division to capitalise on the growing number of brands that want to launch cross-territory branding campaigns. eBay Advertising International will be led by head of European strategy Christian Kunz.
More info www.ebayadvertising.com

Australian eBay Seller Goes Bust

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

A Queensland based seller, known on eBay as ebusiness-supplies and registered in Australia as EBS International Pty Ltd, was wound up on Friday and is under external administration, according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).
eBay buyers who bought exercise equipment, pocket bikes, quad bikes, electric guitars, furniture and other household items from EBS [...]

Auction Floor Announces Full Integration with AuctionZip.com

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

Scottsdale, AZ—Auction Floor, Inc. (Other OTC: AFLO.PK) (Frankfurt: ZUI.F) a leading web-based technology provider to the auction industry, today announced the completion of system integration with AuctionZip.com, the highly popular website which posts extensive listings of U.S. live auction events, with 9500+ registered auction houses and over 660,000 unique visitors per month. Auction Zip users [...]

Back to the Future Hoverboard on eBay

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

The original hoverboard used by Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future 2 is for auction on eBay.
The description says.
“957. Michael J. Fox “Marty Mcfly” hero Mattel hoverboard from Back to the Future Part II & Part III. (Universal Pictures, 1989, 1990) This is one of the hero Mattel Hoverboards used by Michael J. [...]

Initon introduces new software to increase sales by relisting items automatically on eBay

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

Initon has announced new Aerolister Pro 7 3.4 software to make sellers’ daily work easier and more comfortable on eBay.
Its primary purpose is to automate the relisting of expired items. Aerolister improves unsold / sold item ratio by up to 20% generating larger profit than manually relisting the items. Depending on the size of a [...]

eBay Software Pirate Sentenced to 48 Months in Prison; SIIA Continues Fight with Six New Auction Site Lawsuits

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

WASHINGTON - The increasingly high-stakes fight to stop the sale of pirated software on Internet auction sites reached a new milestone today with the sentencing of Jeremiah Mondello to 48 months in federal prison, three years supervised release following jail time, and 150 hours of community service per year. Further, Mondello’s personal computers and 220K [...]

Florida Craft Beer to Sell Its Assets on eBay

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

Honey Amber Rose, a craft beer trademarked as THE FIRST BEER FOR WOMEN, is up for sale on August 15th via eBay. Despite success in the Florida beer market, Beautiful Brews Inc. co-creators Abby Waters and Kent Chamberlain have decided to auction off their self proclaimed baby, “Honey” in order to ensure its future. [...]